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e-Procurement/Purchasing Interim Manager

e-Procurement/Purchasing Interim Manager

Work Experience

Mission: Mobistar S.A.
Kolonel Bourgstraat 49, 1140 Evere, Belgium
Period: October 2000 – January 2003.
Business: Procurement/Purchasing management/consulting, e-Procurement IT-program management (MS Visual Studio 6, Oracle Applications R11i (11.5.7), webMethods (ES 5.0, IS 4.6 ))
- Responsible as interim manager for IT-Purchasing at Mobistar’s Information Systems division through May 2001.
- Reported as management consultant to Mobistar’s Head of Finance and Legal, from June 2001 through March 2002, to improve Mobistar’s Procurement Process, and to conceive e-Procurement business- and IT-processes. Created, managed and successfully implemented a custom-made e-Procurement IT-system named ‘Beethoven-I’.
- Reported to Mobistar’s Head of Supply Operations from April 2002 through December 2003. Headed thereby the further business- and IT-development of Beethoven-I, leading to its successful integration into Mobistar’s MIS- (webMethods) and ERP domain (Oracle Applications) in December 2002.
- He will expand his Beethoven-II Pre-Study during February/March 2003, to include IT-recommendations how to best implement strategic purchasing/sourcing at Mobistar.

VMS – Self-employed
Maelbroekstraat 44, B-9230 Wetteren, Belgium, Trade Register Dendermonde 57221, V.A.T. BE 647.395.519
Period: October 2000 – to date.
Business: Interim Management/Management Consulting.

Athylon N.V.
Sphere Business Park, Doornveld, Industrie Asse 3 Nr. 11 Bus 8, B-1737 Zellik, Belgium
Period: December 22, 1999 – September 30, 2000.
Business: IT - consulting services (SAP R/3, Oracle Applications, Oracle DBA and PeopleSoft)
Title: Business (Development) Manager.
- Reported to the General Manager Mr. Jean-Claude de Gheest.
- Produced Athylon's new company brochure and WEB-site in 2000. Created an (IT-) competency management and project/activity RDBMS. Developed and implemented an IT-competition and Athylon prospecting/sales tracking system.
- Identified, negotiated and closed IT-consulting agreements with a.o. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Belgium, IBM Strategic Outsourcing Belgium and Oracle Belgium. Lead the negotiations with PeopleSoft Belgium, Toyota Motor Europe, Johnson & Johnson NCS, Siemens Business Services, Winterthur Assurances Belgium, VDAB, and Arthur Andersen Belgium.

DMT Gesellschaft für Forschung und Prüfung mbH (DMT) – Division TesTec
Dinnendahlstraße 9, D-44809 Bochum, Germany
Period: November 1, 1997 – October 31, 1999.
Business: Consulting engineering services and active noise control.
Title: Head of Business Development, Acoustics and Vibration Control.
- Completed the business analysis and restructuring (re-engineering) of TesTec's consulting engineering services in acoustics and vibration control.
- Managed from February 1998 the AIS EU-Project IN10204I and the KEBA-account.

KEBA Ges.m.b.H. & Co. (KEBA)
Gewerbepark Urfahr, A-4041 Linz, Austria.
Period: June 1, 1995 – August 31, 1997.
Business: Electronics -- R&D and production of active exhaust noise silencers.
Title: Manager Marketing and Sales Active Noise Control.
- Negotiated and closed for KEBA the exclusive European manufacturing, marketing and sales AIS sub-license agreement with WES, which required EU DGIV's approval (Comfort Letter).
- Completed the European market research for the OEM- and retrofit use of the AIS on engined equipment, and defined the European AIS business strategy.
- Responsible as Product Manager AIS for the development and manufacture at KEBA of a new second generation AIS electronic control unit meeting EEC (and N.- American) market requirements.
- Established and managed the European AIS marketing, sales and distributor network.
- Acquired and managed funding from the European Commission (EU DGXIII's Technology Transfer Projects IN10204D/I with DMT, 1995-1999) and the German government (Umweltbundesamt Project UBA-10503711, also with DMT, 1996-1998) for the AIS.
- Project Manager of the EU DGXIII's Technology Transfer Projects IN10204D+I and the UBA Project 10503711.

Walker Electronic Silencing, Inc. (WES)
2701 N. Dettman Rd., Jackson, MI 49201, USA.
Period: April 1, 1994 – May 30, 1995.
Business: Electronics -- R&D and production of active exhaust noise silencers.
Title: European Business Manager.
- Responsible for the establishment and operation of the AIS manufacturing, marketing and sales distribution network in Europe.
- Initiated and lead the negotiations for the manufacturing, marketing and sales exclusive European AIS sub-license agreement between WES and KEBA, Linz, Austria, after Walker Manufacturing fully acquired WES from NCT early 1995.
- Delegated by NCT/WES to KEBA, Linz, Austria, from June 1995 on, to continue the AIS business development in Europe at KEBA.

Noise Cancellation Technologies, Inc. (NCT)
800 Summer Street – 5th floor, Stamford, CT 06901, USA.
Period: October 1, 1989 – May 30, 1995.
Business: Electronics -- R&D and production of active noise and vibration control systems.
Title: Vice-President.
- Joined NCT as Manager International Development, and was promoted to Vice-President and Officer in October 1991.
- Responsible for NCT's European business development, marketing and sales. By mid-1993, 30% of NCT’s revenues (R&D funding, joint ventures, license fees and royalties) came from Europe.
- Completed various feasibility- and market reseach studies on the OEM- and retrofit application of active noise/vibration control in electric household appliances, HVAC equipment, engined machinery, aircraft, marine vessels, passenger cars and commercial vehicles.
- Established Boët Système Actif S.A., Lille, France – a joint venture company between NCT and S.A. A. Boët – of which he was a Director/Officer. Negotiated and co-managed supply and marketing joint ventures between NCT and Philips Electronics.
- Delegated by NCT in April 1994 to Walker Electronic Silencing, Inc. (WES) – a joint venture between NCT and Walker Manufacturing, a division of Tenneco Automotive – to manage the Active Industrial Silencer program (AIS) in Europe.

Environmental Research Information, Inc. (ERI)
575 Eight Avenue, New York, NY 10018, USA.
Period: January 1, 1989 -- September 30, 1989.
Business: Environmental consulting services.
Title: Director ERI Europe.
- Completed the business feasibility analysis for the founding of ERI Europe.
- Managed the MBA-project 'ERI Europe - consulting project' – a business analysis of the environmental consulting engineering industry in Europe – at the International Management Institute (IMI), Geneva, Switzerland.

Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) - SGS Depauw & Stokoe N.V.
Polderdijkweg 16, Haven 407, B-2030 Antwerp, Belgium.
Period: December 4, 1984 – December 31, 1988.
Business: Petrochemical and environmental consulting services.
Title: Profit Center Manager EcoDest.
- Conducted LPG and LNG custody-transfer inspections throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East for the SGS Gas Technical Centre. Obtained the official title of Certified Gas Expert in the Netherlands in 1987.
- Prepared and co-organized the IMO-accredited chemical and LPG cargo handling and safety courses through 1986.
- Created the profit center EcoDest in 1986, offering multi-disciplinary environmental protection engineering services to the industry. (Said profit center became later the company SGS EcoCare N.V.). Promotor of the EcoDest market research study at the UFSIA, Antwerp. Became Manager EcoDest, holding management powers by procuration on January 1, 1987, and was promoted to mandatary on January 1, 1988. Carried out international delegations on behalf of the SGS holding, Geneva, Switzerland, to also develop EcoDest environmental services in the USA, Thailand and Taiwan in 1988.

Education

- High school, 1977. (Hoger Secundair Onderwijs, Wetenschappelijke B, St. Amandusinstituut, Ghent, Belgium, 1977)
- Additional year Mathematics, 1978. (St. Amandusinstituut, Ghent, Belgium, 1978)
- Candidature of Industrial Engineer Chemistry (Ing.), 1979. (Eerste kandidatuur industrieel ingenieur chemie, Industriële Hogeschool van het Rijk B.M.E., Ghent, Belgium, 1979)
- Graduate in Industrial Chemistry, 1982. (Gegradueerde in de Industriële Chemie, Industriële Hogeschool van het Rijk C.T.L., Ghent, Belgium, 1982)
- Post-Graduate in Environmental Protection Engineering, 1983. (Gegradueerde in de Milieusanering, Industriële Hogeschool van het Rijk C.T.L., Ghent, Belgium, 1983)

Skills

An experienced senior international business development professional with a track record of managing engineered products and services. A steadfast IT-literate individual with strong interpersonal and negotiation skills who has also been responsible for purchasing and implementing best e-Procurement practices.

Languages

Dutch: perfect
French: very good
English: perfect
German: average

Other

Further education/training:
- "New Business Development" at the Technologisch Instituut, K.V.I.V., Genootschap Beheerstechnieken, Antwerp, Belgium, in 1986.
- "Environmental Auditing" at the Stichting Postakademisch Onderwijs Gezondheidstechniek en Milieutechniek, Delft, the Netherlands, in 1988.
- "Marketing through Distributors" at the Management Center Europe, Brussels, Belgium, in 1993.
- "Safe Design of Electrical and Electronic Products" at ERA Technology Ltd., U.K, in 1994.
- "Semi-intensive Program German" at Inlingua, Ghent, Belgium, in 1996.
- "EU Technology Transfer Projects" at EU DGXIII, Luxembourg, in 1996.
- "Oracle8i Server Technology" at Oracle Belgium, Brussels, in January 2000.
- "SAP R/3 Management Overview" at SAP Belgium, Brussels, in February 2000.
- "Oracle Management Overview" at Oracle the Netherlands, de Meern, in March 2000.
- "Oracle Developer 6 Technology" at Oracle Belgium, Brussels, in March 2000.
- "Oracle Designer 6 Technology" at Oracle Belgium, Brussels, in March 2000.

Other skills:
- MS Windows NT 4.0/XP, MS Office Professional 97/XP, MS Outlook 98/XP, MS Project 2000, MS Visio 2000.
- Business Objects 5i, Oracle Applications E-Business Suite 11i.

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